Winter Songs

Des Moines recieved 14 or so inches of snow this week. That is crazy. I'll have to post some pictures of the disaster that had consumed my car. But along that vein of winter, I've started listening to some melancholy, winter songs.

I don't hate Christmas songs, but I really like "winter songs." Some of these are actually wintery, or some just sort of bring up wintery feelings or maybe I just heard them the first time in the winter.

Horse Feathers "Curs in the Weeds"
This was a free download recently. It just sounds winter-y.

Bon Iver "For Emma, Forever Ago"
This whole album is winter. Which makes sense, since Justin Vernon wrote it while hiding in a Wisconsin cabin. In the winter.

Breathe Owl Breath "Toboggan"
Hey, this one is actually winter related! And considering the other suggestions, moderately cheerful.

Jimmy Eat World "For Me This is Heaven"
Jimmy Eat World's "Clarity" album is easily the oldest on this list, and one of my favorites, ever. I have a lot of memories and emotions tied up with this album, and this song in particular. It's probably the least wintery, but I think I relate it to winter times because of the "first star I see may not be a star" lyric.

Sufjan Stevens "Sister Winter"
Okay, this one is from a Christmas album, but it is an original song. I just love the lyrics.

Muppets Rhapsody

Maybe it's just everything going on right now speaking, but this video is really cracking me up. I love the muppets.

non-related thoughts

New music (that I've acquired within the last month):

1. Johnny Cash-Greatest Hits
2. Nat King Cole
3. Phantom Planet
4. Three different Spoon CD's
5. Dave Barnes
6. Cold War Kids
7. Sufjan Stevens-Seven Swans
8. The New Pornographers-Challengers
9. Nada Surf (still haven't listened to it)

I love how none of these are really new, the Barnes cd is newish, but other than that, the New Pornographers is the only released even within the last year. I've really loved them all, except for the Dave Barnes. Oh well.

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I need to change things. Unfortunately, I am incredibly lazy. I was going to say that I hate change, but that's not true, I don't hate change, I am just very lazy.

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My eyes have been very tired lately, which makes me very tired, very early. This would be unfortunate, except I don't have much of any evening life that I am missing out upon by getting sleepy early.

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People I miss:

1. Christine (lurve you!)
2. Allison (you will forever will be my favorite random friend..which makes it even more strange that I miss you!)
3. Ben (but I will see you soon and there will be adventures!)
4. My sister Em (I am really excited to put you down as my emergency contact)
5. Katie (sure, we aren't so good at calling, but i still miss you)
6. David (okay, I never said good-bye, but I tried, I really did.)
7. Kristin (can I hear of your awkward adventures soon?)